Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT.” Via Edsurge : “Campus Support for OER is Growing, Survey Finds.” Via Chalkbeat : “ NYC is offering the SHSAT during school hours to boost diversity, but it’s mostly benefitting white and Asian students.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

I wonder how many schools and districts that use the software have done this? But for others – especially lower-performing students – taking online courses was associated with higher dropout rates and lower grades, both at the time the course was taken and in future semesters, when compared to students who took classes in person.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

” Via The Atlantic : “Why Many College Dropouts Are Returning to School in North Carolina.” Remember: the biases of engineers and managers get baked into the software you use. .” Via AZ Central : “ Arizona cancels vaccine program after backlash from parents who don’t vaccinate.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

” “A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges ” by Susan Dynarski. Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.” Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible. IBM partners with Pearson.

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